Education

While January is the first of twelve months by the calendar, for many children and parents, the year really begins on the first day of school in August. Stores are packed with pencils, pens, binders and backpacks. School buses come out of their summer hibernation, and after eight weeks away from school, almost everyone is ready for the year to get started.

The Family Ties Resource Center will be sponsoring their annual Ready Fair from 4-6 p.m., Thursday, Aug. 6 at Cartmell Elementary School.

Students and parents will have the opportunity to meet the principals and administrators. Cartmell teachers will be in their classrooms to greet their new students. Kathryn Winn teachers will be at Kathryn Winn School in their classrooms also from 4-6 p.m. to greet KWP students.

The Family Ties Resource Center will be sponsoring their annual Ready Fair from 4-6 p.m., Thursday, Aug. 6 at Cartmell Elementary School.

There will be lots of information and free items available to families to help make sure the school year gets off to a great start. Students and parents will have the opportunity to meet the principals and administrators. Cartmell teachers will be in their classrooms to greet their new students. Kathryn Winn teachers will be at Kathryn Winn School in their classrooms also from 4-6 p.m. to greet KWP students.

The Carroll County Early Childhood Council and the Carroll County Public Library are gearing up for another year of fun, food and early learning. CCECC and CCPL will host five community events geared toward families with children ages 0 – 5 years old. A free meal will be served at each event, and all Carroll County families with young children are invited to attend.

Sept. 10, “Down on the Farm” — Children are encouragedto wear farming attire. The event will be held at Point Park at 5:30 p.m.

Jefferson Community and Technical College graduate Karen Magee was recently awarded the Phi Theta Kappa Transfer Scholarship and the Kentucky Tradition Scholarship at the University of Kentucky.

The Phi Theta Kappa Transfer Scholarship covers the cost of undergraduate in-state tuition and mandatory registration fees for up to two years of undergraduate study. The Kentucky Tradition Scholarship is $1,500 per semester for up to two years.

Jefferson Community and Technical College graduate Karen Magee was recently awarded the Phi Theta Kappa Transfer Scholarship and the Kentucky Tradition Scholarship at the University of Kentucky.

The Phi Theta Kappa Transfer Scholarship covers the cost of undergraduate in-state tuition and mandatory registration fees for up to two years of undergraduate study. The Kentucky Tradition Scholarship is $1,500 per semester for up to two years.

Construction progress was the hot topic at the Carroll County Board of Education meeting July 23.

Marilla Construction, general contractor for the Carroll County Middle School renovation and addition, asked to meet with Carroll County Superintendent Bill Hogan and Chief Operations Officer Larry Curell to start developing a contingency plan for housing students for the first week or two of school. A month of rain and other factors have had an adverse effect on the projected completion date for the renovation of the old gym and basement.